Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) is everywhere, from fraud detection in financial institutions, to autonomous vehicles, to chatbots in customer service applications. AI has already been deployed in public venues (like football stadiums and airports) to help improve...

Alert systems, school resource officers, metal detectors, and other technological systems and/or physical safety equipment have at least two things in common. First, they help keep schools (and the students and staff within them) safe, but second, they can be very...

School shootings are among the most disheartening topics that can be discussed — but this is a topic that desperately needs attention. As of June 2023, Education Week reports that there have been 23 school shootings in this year alone so far that have led to injuries...

Schools across the nation have struggled with rising rates of violence on campus. While the mental health issues that are often the underlying cause of violence at school are a difficult problem that requires long-term solutions, campuses are not completely helpless when it comes to developing an immediate action plan. Teachers, administrators, and communities can design procedures for assessing threats at school and do what is possible to secure campuses and classrooms from intruders.

Schools across the nation have struggled with rising rates of violence on campus. While the mental health issues that are often the underlying cause of violence at school are a difficult problem that requires long-term solutions, campuses are not completely helpless when it comes to developing an immediate action plan. Teachers, administrators, and communities can design procedures for assessing threats at school and do what is possible to secure campuses and classrooms from intruders.

Is There a Link? Here are the Facts and the Myths. While studies have shown links between mental health disorders, substance abuse problems, and other serious concerns, each circumstance is different. All too often, the signs on the path to a mass shooting are...

We all know that in order to focus on learning, children must be provided with a safe environment at school. Teachers also need safe environments to devote their time and energy to the facilitation of learning. The Fordham Institute confirms that students who feel...

Active shooting incidents are every parent and educator’s worst nightmare. Unfortunately, this doesn’t mean that they couldn’t happen in any community in the United States. According to the Sandy Hook Promise organization, a leading member of the fight against school...

The International Building Code (“IBC”) requires that most doors in public buildings, including school doors, should open out rather than in (as most residential doors would). In homes across the globe, families are easily able to barricade their home front doors...